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Memoires Sur La Vie Publique privee De Fouquest, Surintendant Des Finances D'Apres Ses Lettres et Des Pieces Inedite Conservees a La Bibiotheque Imperiale
by Cheruel, A
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, Editeur, 1862. First Edition. Small Octavo. In two volumes, 519 and 563pp., bound in 1/2 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, compartments stamped in gilt with lettering gilt, marbled edges with matching endpapers, a few nicks to boards otherwise a very good set of this extensive biography of a man whose life could have been a story written by Dumas.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015779
- Title
- Memoires Sur La Vie Publique privee De Fouquest, Surintendant Des Finances D'Apres Ses Lettres et Des Pieces Inedite Conservees a La Bibiotheque Imperiale
- Author
- Cheruel, A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charpentier, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Biography
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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